A Colorado man who was suspected of street racing Monday nearly ran over a Phoenix police officer as he was fleeing police, according to court records.
Officers with the department's street-racing task force responded Feb. 24 to "a large group" of cars racing and doing burnouts in a Costco parking lot near Indian School Road and Grand Avenue, police said in a statement submitted to court.
An officer approached the group to chat with Wilbur A. Tochico, 24, who was in the driver's seat of a car with its window partially down, according to court records. The officer asked Tochico to turn off the car.
Instead, court records state, Tochico fled and then crashed into a parked vehicle. Several people exited the car driven by Tochico and ran.
Tochico then backed the car away from the crash area and drove toward the officer who "had to jump out of the way to avoid being ran over," court records say.
The car jumped a curb to get out of the parking lot but was followed by another police car with two officers. The officers tried to stop Tochico but he continued driving despite extensive damage to the car, including smoking, court records say.
He eventually stopped and was arrested. He told police "his brakes failed, so he was not able to stop immediately," according to court records.
Police said Tochico showed signs of impairment, and there were two empty bottles of tequila found in the car he was driving.
Tochico faces charges of aggravated assault, unlawful flight from law enforcement and aggravated driving under the influence, court records say. He was being held on a $3,500 bond.
Court records indicated Tochico lived in Denver.
Tochico's arrest followed the death of 18-year-old Felix Cardoza last week after an alleged street-racing accident on State Route 51 in Phoenix.
Law enforcement officials have reported an increase in street-racing activity since late last year, prompting the creation of the Phoenix police street-racing task force this year and the introduction of legislation that would penalize street racers.
The Senate Bill 1659, introduced by Sen. Paul Boyer, R-Phoenix, failed in the Senate rules committee on Monday.
Reach the reporter at chelsea.curtis@arizonarepublic.com or follow her on Twitter @curtis_chels.
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